120. Yagur — Sagolem
type: m/v
Departed La Ciotat, France 29 Jul 1946, arrived 11 Aug 1946
ex-Sagolem, built (unk), about 300 tons, old sailing vessel
758 passengers
Captured at sea by British destroyer Brissenden, with only passive resistance. 448 men, 302 women. First group to be taken to Cyprus, on the Empire Rival.
Name: The Jewish settlement of Yagur, where the Palmach stored its arms, had been raided by the British in July 1946.
Yagur